I love Star
Trek, even though the show is remarkably inconsistent,
because of the ideas: in an episode of Deep Space Nine
called Field of Fire, a mediocre plot involving an
assasination had a couple of great ideas: one, the use of a rifle that
used transporter technology to transport the bullet to point-blank
range of the target after being fired, and two, the use of a scope
that could see through bulkheads and walls to make such a weapon
useful and effective. Those two ideas alone made the show worth
watching and extremely enjoyable.

Even given all this, in general I prefer anything that goes to an
extreme, that pushes the limits of what is considered "acceptable" or
"not acceptable". I think taking risks is a virtue in and of itself,
because it shakes the foundations of your conceptions.